Self-deposition of Pt nanoparticles on graphene woven fabrics for enhanced hybrid Schottky junctions and photoelectrochemical solar cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1992-1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe Kang ◽  
Xinyu Tan ◽  
Xiao Li ◽  
Ting Xiao ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Silicon Solar Cell ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Pt Nanoparticles ◽  
Woven Fabrics ◽  
Schottky Junction ◽  
Photoelectrochemical Solar Cells ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

A hybrid Schottky junction and solid state photoelectrochemical graphene-on-silicon solar cell is designed and evaluated, and it shows impressive power conversion efficiencies of >10%.

Conventional polymer solar cells with power conversion efficiencies increased to >9% by a combination of methanol treatment and an anionic conjugated polyelectrolyte interface layer

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (92) ◽  
pp. 50988-50992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Yuan ◽  
Dong Yang ◽  
Xiaoguang Zhu ◽  
Lingyu Zhou ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Thin Layer ◽  
Polymer Solar Cell ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Interface Layer ◽  
Conjugated Polyelectrolyte ◽  
Methanol Treatment ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

The power conversion efficiency of a PTB7:PC71BM polymer solar cell was improved up to 9.1% by a combination of methanol treatment followed by conjugation of a water- or alcohol-soluble polyelectrolyte thin layer.

scholarly journals Alternative electrodes for HTMs and noble-metal-free perovskite solar cells: 2D MXenes electrodes

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (59) ◽  
pp. 34152-34157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junmei Cao ◽  
Fanning Meng ◽  
Liguo Gao ◽  
Shuzhang Yang ◽  
Yeling Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Noble Metal ◽  
Counter Electrode ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cell ◽  
Metal Free ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

The 2D Mxene material was successfully used as the counter electrode of the perovskite solar cell and achieved power conversion efficiencies of 13.84%.

Theoretical Investigations of Polymer Based Solar Cells

2004 ◽  
Vol 822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert S. Echols ◽  
Chris E. France
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Polymer Blend ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Normal Incidence ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Action Spectra ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

AbstractWe investigate the behavior of a polymer blend (M3EH-PPV:CN-ether-PPV) bulk heterojunction solar cell using a numeric model that self-consistently solves Poisson's equation and the charge continuity equation while incorporating electric field dependent mobilities. We obtain good quantitative agreement with present experimental data for J-V curves and photocurrent action spectra. To reproduce experimental photocurrent action spectra, our model predicts 36% exciton dissociation efficiencies in the bulk of the polymer. We also study the limiting conditions of polymer solar cell development by simulating an ideal solar cell using an AM1.5 global spectrum and assuming all absorbed photons hitting a M3EH-PPV:CN-ether-PPV polymer blend (band gap ∼2.0 eV) based solar cell at normal incidence contribute to current. If such a solar cell has 100 nm length, open circuit voltage=0.6 V and 50% fill factor, then the maximum theoretical power conversion efficiency is ηp=5.6%. A similar analysis for a M3EH-PPV:PCBM bulk heterojunction cell yields, ηp=3.5%. These results further highlight the need to develop smaller band gap materials and help explain why the best polymer based solar cells have power conversion efficiencies that remain stuck at about 3%. Our model is used to investigate the important increase in power conversion efficiencies we can expect as lower band gap polymers become available.

Wavelength-dependent optical transition mechanisms for light-harvesting of perovskite MAPbI3 solar cells using first-principles calculations

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (23) ◽  
pp. 5248-5254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsin-An Chen ◽  
Ming-Hsien Lee ◽  
Chun-Wei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solid State ◽  
High Power ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Optical Transition ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
First Principles Calculations ◽  
Inorganic Perovskite ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

The recently emerging class of solid-state hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite-based solar cells has demonstrated remarkably high power conversion efficiencies of up to ∼20%.

Carboxy-1,4-phenylenevinylene- and carboxy-2, 6-naphthylene-vinylene unsymmetrical substituted zinc phthalocyanines for dye-sensitized solar cells

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (03) ◽  
pp. 369-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Silvestri ◽  
Miguel García-Iglesias ◽  
Jun-Ho Yum ◽  
Purificación Vázquez ◽  
M. Victoria Martínez-Díaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Zinc Phthalocyanines ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Phthalocyanine Ring

Two unsymmetrical Zn (II) phthalocyanines 1 and 2 bearing an anchoring carboxylic function linked to the phthalocyanine ring through different rigid arylenevinylene bridges have been designed for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) applications. The phthalocyanines 1 and 2, when anchored onto nanocrystalline TiO 2 films, yielded 30% incident monochromatic photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) and 2% power conversion efficiencies under AM1.5 sun.

Separating the redox couple for highly efficient solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (16) ◽  
pp. 7334-7338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Li ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Zhong-Sheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Power Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Redox Couple ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

The power conversion efficiency of a solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell was improved by >2.5-fold when the redox-couple was separated.

A fluorene-core-based electron acceptor for fullerene-free BHJ organic solar cells—towards power conversion efficiencies over 10%

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (32) ◽  
pp. 4001-4004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suman Suman ◽  
Anirban Bagui ◽  
Ashish Garg ◽  
Barkha Tyagi ◽  
Vinay Gupta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Electron Acceptor ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

A small molecule non-fullerene electron acceptor (SMNFEA), bearing a furan π-spacer and dicyano-n-hexyl rhodanine as flanking groups, was designed and synthesized for organic solar cell applications.

Graphene oxide as an effective interfacial layer for enhanced graphene/silicon solar cell performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (37) ◽  
pp. 7715-7721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kejia Jiao ◽  
Xueliang Wang ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Yunfa Chen
Keyword(s):  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Performance Optimization ◽  
Interfacial Layer ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Silicon Solar Cell ◽  
Power Conversion ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell Performance

Interface tailoring is an effective approach towards high performance Graphene/Silicon Schottky-barrier solar cells. Inserting a thin graphene oxide (GO) interfacial layer can improve the efficiency of graphene/silicon solar cells by >100%. Further performance optimization leads to 12.3% of power conversion efficiency (PCE). To date, a record PCE has been achieved on the same device level.

Characterization of Plasmonic Silicon Solar Cells Using Indium Nanoparticles/TiO2 Space Layer Structure

2013 ◽  
Vol 684 ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
Wen Jeng Ho ◽  
Yi Yu Lee ◽  
Yuan Tsz Chen
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Silicon Solar Cell ◽  
Layer Structure ◽  
Space Layer ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Indium Nanoparticles ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies ◽  
Different Thickness

We demonstrate experimentally the enhanced performance of the plasmonic silicon solar cell by using a nano-sized indium-particles and different thickness of TiO2 space layer structure. The optical reflectance, dark and photo current-voltage, and external quantum efficiency are measured and compared at each stages of processing. The conversion efficiencies enhancing of 17.78%, 27.5% and of 47.85% are obtained as the solar cell with indium nanoparticles on a 10-nm, a 30-nm and a 59.5-nm thick TiO2 space layer, respectively, compared to the solar cell without coated a TiO2 layer. Furthermore, the plasmonics conversion efficiency depend on the thickness of space layer are also demonstrated that the increasing by 15.46%, 12.1% and 6.08% for the solar cells with a 10-nm, 30-nm and 59.5-nm thick TiO2 space layer, respectively, were obtained.

scholarly journals Efficient Light Management in a Monolithic Tandem Perovskite/Silicon Solar Cell by Using a Hybrid Metasurface

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud H. Elshorbagy ◽  
Braulio García-Cámara ◽  
Eduardo López-Fraguas ◽  
Ricardo Vergaz
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Silicon Solar Cell ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Short Circuit Current Density ◽  
Back Contact ◽  
Light Management ◽  
Promising Solution ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

Solar energy is now dealing with the challenge of overcoming the Shockley–Queisser limit of single bandgap solar cells. Multilayer solar cells are a promising solution as the so-called third generation of solar cells. The combination of materials with different bandgap energies in multijunction cells enables power conversion efficiencies up to 30% at reasonable costs. However, interfaces between different layers are critical due to optical losses. In this work, we propose a hybrid metasurface in a monolithic perovskite-silicon solar cell. The design takes advantage of light management to optimize the absorption in the perovskite, as well as an efficient light guiding towards the silicon subcell. Furthermore, we have also included the effect of a textured back contact. The optimum proposal provides an enhancement of the matched short-circuit current density of a 20.5% respect to the used planar reference.

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